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60th Congress, I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, j Document 

$d Session. \ \ No. 1 345. 



ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. 



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PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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THAT THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, FEBRUARY 12, 1909, BE SET APART AS 
A SPECIAL HOLIDAY. 



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To tfu Senatt and Hoitst of Representatives: 

I have received from the committee of the Grand Army of the 
Republic, with the approval of its commander in chief, a communica- 
tion running, in part, as follows: 

Pursuant to the recommendation of the committee authorized by the Forty-first 
National Encampment, Grand Army of the Republic, and appointed ''to take into 
consideration the fitting celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth 
of Abraham Lincoln," which was made a report to the Forty-second National En- 
campment that was unanimously adopted, the undersigned having been appointed a 
committee to prepare a programme for the occasion, met in New York City October 
19, 1908, and submits the following as the result of its deliberations: 

(1) That the commander in chief be requested to invite the President of the 
United States, governors of States and Territories, and mayors of cities, to partici- 
pate with the Grand Army of the Republic in public recognition of the centennial 
anniversary of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, February 12, 1909, and by procla- 
mation^ far as practicable, recommend that the day be observed asa special holiday. 

I regard the proposal as eminently proper. It will be from ever}' 
standpoint desirable to observe this hundredth anniversary of the 
birth of Abraham Lincoln us a special holiday. I recommend that 
Congress pass a law authorizing me to issue a proclamation sotting 
apart this day as a special holiday. 

Til K< ) 1 x )i: E K( t( >skv ELT. 

The White House, January 18, 1909. 






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